diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bdfab5a..b79ce59 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ RUN echo "Building for platform '$TARGETPLATFORM'" \
     && ssh root@localhost -p $SSH_PORT "${PACKAGE_REMOVE} openssh-sftp-server" \
     \
     # Sync changes into image and shutdown qemu \
-    && ssh root@localhost -p $SSH_PORT 'sync; halt' \
+    && ssh root@localhost -p $SSH_PORT 'sync; poweroff' \
     && while kill -0 $QEMU_PID 2>/dev/null; do echo "Waiting for qemu exit ..."; sleep 1; done \
     \
     && gzip /var/vm/squashfs-combined-${OPENWRT_VERSION}.img \
diff --git a/src/migrate_openwrt_rootfs.sh b/src/migrate_openwrt_rootfs.sh
index 39389f6..c28d0b9 100644
--- a/src/migrate_openwrt_rootfs.sh
+++ b/src/migrate_openwrt_rootfs.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [ -f /storage/old_version ]; then
   ssh root@localhost -p 1022 "chroot /mnt /sbin/sysupgrade -r /tmp/openwrt_config.tar.gz"
 
   # Stop VM
-  ssh root@localhost -p 1022 'sync; halt' 
+  ssh root@localhost -p 1022 'sync; poweroff'
   while kill -0 $QEMU_PID 2>/dev/null; do echo "Waiting for qemu exit ..."; sleep 1; done;
 
   # Delete temporary OpenWrt image
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ if [ -f /storage/old_version ]; then
   if [ -f storage/config-`basename $OLD_SQUASHFS_COMBINED.img`.tar.gz ]; then
     rm /storage/config-`basename $OLD_SQUASHFS_COMBINED.img`.tar.gz
   fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi